Editing Cymatics (section)

==Influences on art and music==
Devices for displaying nodal images have influenced visual arts and contemporary music. Artist [[Björk]] created projections of cymatics patterns by using bass frequencies on tour for her album ''[[Biophilia (album)|Biophilia]]''. Similarly, painter and musician Perry Hall uses vibrations from an electric bass to create cymatic patterns in tanks of paint,<ref>Corrin. L., (June 10, 2006). “Material Intelligence”. The Williams College Museum of Art.</ref> which he films (the Sound Drawings). <ref>Mihaylov. S. (March 23, 2020). “Perry Hall’s Oceans of Paint”. Tip / Balmond Studio

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Hans Jenny's book on Chladni figures influenced [[Alvin Lucier]] and helped lead to Lucier's composition ''Queen of the South''. Jenny's work was also followed up by [[Center for Advanced Visual Studies]] (CAVS) founder [[György Kepes]] at [[MIT]].<ref name="kepes">[https://web.archive.org/web/20021104072629/http://web.mit.edu/cavs/people/kepes/kepes.html György Kepes profile at MIT]</ref> His work in this area included an acoustically vibrated piece of [[sheet metal]] in which small holes had been drilled in a grid. Small flames of gas burned through these holes and [[thermodynamic]] patterns were made visible by this setup.

In the mid-1980s, visual artist [[Ron Rocco]], who also developed his work at CAVS, employed mirrors mounted to tiny [[servo motor]]s, driven by the audio signal of a synthesizer and amplified by a tube amp to reflect the beam of a laser. This created light patterns which corresponded to the audio's frequency and amplitude. Using this beam to generate video feedback and computers to process the feedback signal, Rocco created his "Andro-media" series of installations. Rocco later formed a collaboration with musician [[David Hykes]], who practiced a form of Mongolian overtone chanting with The Harmonic Choir, to generate cymatic images from a pool of liquid mercury, which functioned as a liquid mirror to modulate the beam of a Helium-Neon [[laser]] from the sound thus generated. Photographs of this work can be found in the [[Ars Electronica]] catalog of 1987.<ref>[http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/57/In_Light_of_Sound_%28study_1%29.jpg "In Light of Sound study 1"]</ref>

Contemporary German photographer and philosopher [[Alexander Lauterwasser]] has brought cymatics into the 21st century using finely crafted [[frequency modulation synthesis|crystal oscillators]] to resonate steel plates covered with fine sand and to vibrate small samples of water in [[Petri dish]]es. His first book, ''Water Sound Images'',<ref name="Lauterwasser">Lauterwasser, Alexander (2006). ''Water Sound Images.'' {{ISBN|1-888138-09-2}}</ref> translated into English in 2006, features imagery of light reflecting off the surface of water set into motion by sound sources ranging from pure [[sine wave]]s to music by [[Ludwig van Beethoven|Beethoven]], [[Karlheinz Stockhausen]], [[Electroacoustic music|electroacoustic]] group ''Kymatik'' (who often record in [[ambisonics|ambisonic]] surround sound) and [[overtone singing]]. The resulting photographs of standing wave patterns are striking. Lauterwasser's book focused on creating detailed visual analogues of natural patterns ranging from the distribution of spots on a leopard to the geometric patterns found in plants and flowers, to the shapes of jellyfish and the intricate patterns found on the shell of a tortoise.

Composer [[Stuart Mitchell]] and his father T.J. Mitchell claimed that [[Rosslyn Chapel]]'s carvings supposedly contain references to cymatics patterns. In 2005 they created a work called ''The Rosslyn Motet'' realised by attempting to match various [[Chladni]] patterns to 13 geometric symbols carved onto the faces of cubes emanating from 14 arches.<ref>Wilson, Chris (May 19, 2011). [https://web.archive.org/web/20110623063324/http://www.slate.com/id/2294490/ slate.com]; The Rosslyn Code: "Is a Scottish Da Vinci responsible for the Rosslyn melodies?"</ref>

The musical group [[The Glitch Mob]] used cymatics to produce the music video "Becoming Harmonious (ft. Metal Mother)".<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.facebook.com/theglitchmobmusic/videos/10153925995807733/ |title=The Glitch Mob|website=[[Facebook]]}}</ref>

Influenced by [[yantra]] diagrams and cymatics, artist and fashion designer [[Mandali Mendrilla]] created a sculpture dress called "Kamadhenu" (Wish Tree Dress III) the pattern of which is based
on a Yantra diagram depicting goddess [[Kamadhenu]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://atma.hr/dizajnerica-mandali-predstavila-zagrebu-carobnu-haljinu-jeste-li-i-vi-vezali-svoju-zelju/ |title=Dizajnerica Mandali predstavila Zagrebu Čarobnu haljinu: Jeste li i vi vezali svoju želju? |date=2016-06-29}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://mendrilla.wordpress.com/2016/07/08/kamadhenu-wish-tree-dress-iii-on-sound-in-ether-and-artistic-inspiration/ |title='Kamadhenu' (Wish Tree Dress III) – on Sound in Ether and Artistic Inspiration |date=2016-07-08}}</ref>

[[Aphex Twin]] suggests learning more about cymatics in reference to 'master tuning of [[A440 (pitch standard)|440&nbsp;Hz]]' in a conversation with synth-maker [[Tatsuya Takahashi (engineer)|Tatsuya Takahashi]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://warp.net/editorial/richard-d-james-speaks-to-tatsuya-takahashi |title=Aphex Twin Speaks to Ex. Korg Engineer Tatsuya Takahashi}}</ref>

Since 2010, the art collective Analema Group creates participatory performances in which cymatic patterns are produced digitally in real-time by the audience.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.analemagroup.com|title=ANALEMA Group |website=ANALEMA Group |language=en-us |access-date=2018-05-03}}</ref>

In 2014 musician [[Nigel Stanford]] produced "Cymatics", an instrumental and music video designed to demonstrate the visual aspects of cymatics.<ref>[https://en-us.sennheiser.com/shape-the-future-of-audio-bluestage-nigel-stanford sennheiser.com]</ref>

In 2016 songwriter and former [[2009 Arizona State Sun Devils football team|Arizona State Quarterback Samson Szakacsy]] created "The Drawing Machine" by turning a subwoofer over face up, with thick paper on top and paint pens hanging overhead from fishing wire, as the vibration of his songs to moved the pens to produce fractal-like flower patterns. He then brought the Drawing Machine on tour and had each set draw live to portray how music looks. This cymatics demonstration can be viewed in this [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEFKXnV-GoU video].

Contemporary American painter [[Jimmy O'Neal]] created his own cymascope, which he has used to produce various works of public art. One such painting is 511.95 Hz of wine, a large-scale mural based on the pattern created when tracing a finger around the rim of a nearly-empty wine glass.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Cooper |first1=Max |title=The evolution of an artists' collective |url=https://www.boldlife.com/the-evolution-of-an-artists-collective/ |website=Bold Life |accessdate=25 January 2020 |ref=17}}</ref>

In 2020 an official medal was issued by the Royal Dutch Mint to mark the 65th anniversary of the Eurovision Song Contest hosted by the city of Rotterdam . A 3D scanner was able to capture the cymatics shapes of a vibrating dish filled with water from the Maas river. To create the coin, all the historical winning songs from previous contests were mixed together and emitted through a speaker.[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DKjipQu99yA video],

The logo and theme art for [[Eurovision 2022]] is based on cymatics.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://eurovision.tv/story/the-sound-of-beauty|title=Theme Art: 'The Sound of Beauty' explained|website=eurovision.tv|date=24 January 2022}}</ref>

The main title sequence for ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power]]'' is inspired by cymatics.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.plainsofyonder.com/lord-of-the-rings-the-rings-of-power-main-title-sequence|title=Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power Main Title Sequence|website=plainsofyonder.com|accessdate=12 September 2022|archive-date=12 September 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220912170152/https://www.plainsofyonder.com/lord-of-the-rings-the-rings-of-power-main-title-sequence|url-status=dead}}</ref>